Kosovo police said on Wednesday they had arrested three men accused of beating a prominent journalist a night earlier after he left the studio where he had participated in a talk show.
Valon Syla said he was attacked after making comments about a local imam who had received a Mercedes car as a present for his retirement from his worshippers.
"The attack was probably related to my comments about the 'Mercedes Imam' ... which prompted this community of Islamic militants to organise a premeditated attack," Syla said, adding that he had been followed by the assailants in their car until he was attacked at the entrance of a cafe bar.
